Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
2007 Annual Meeting Program
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Monday, December 10, 2007
NOON Resolutions Committee
4:00 – 5:00 Organization Committee - Budget
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
8:30 – 12:00 Board of Directors' Meeting
10:00 – 12:00 Ladies Coffee
FIRST GENERAL SESSION
NOON Luncheon
1:00 – 1:30 Speaker : Thomas Graves
“50 Years of Progress
50 Years of Power”
1:30 – 1:45 Break
1:45 – 2:15 Panel-“Fueling Our Future”
Bill Midcap - Moderator
Scott Parsley -Ethanol
Steve Ahles - Methane
2:15 – 2:45 Speaker : Mark Crisson
“APPA Priorities for 2008”
2:45 – 3:30 Panel – “Pick-Sloan Update”
Jeff Nelson - Moderator
Jim Keselburg – Rocky Mountain Region
Bob Harris – Upper Great Plains
Mike Ryan – USBR
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:00 Speaker: Gary Williamson
“ Mid-West Then and Now”
4:00 – 5:00 Panel – “Is the Answer Blowing in the Wind?”
Vic Simmons – Moderator
Ron Rebenitsch – Basin Electric
Mike McDowell - Heartland
Jeff Peters – MRES
Jon Sunneberg – NPPD
Mike Radecki - WAPA
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
8:00 – 8:30 Speaker : Commissioner Robert Johnson
“50 More Years of Power”
8:30 – 9:30 Speaker : Bryan Hannegan
“Electricity Technologies in a
Carbon-Constrained World”
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:30 Panel : “Coal – Promise or Peril?”
David Mohre – Moderator
J.M. Shafer – Tri-State G&T
Ron Harper – Basin Electric
Tom Heller – MRES
Ronald Asche – NPPD
10:30 – 10:45 Speaker : Lee Swenson
“Cooperation and Collaboration on
Rural Development Opportunities”
10:45 – 11:00 Speaker : Dave Mohre
“A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to Energy Independence ”
11:00 – 11:15 Speaker : Bill Midcap – President's Report
11:15 – 12:00 State Caucuses
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Speaker : Timothy J. Meeks
“From Words to Actions”
1:30 – 1:45 FREDERICK G. SIMONTON AWARD
1:45 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 2:30 Speaker: Larry Cieslik
"Update on the Missouri River
Mainstem Reservoir System"
2:30 – 3:00 Speaker : – Gary Williamson
“Mid-West Then and Now”
3:00 – 4:00 Panel – “Politics of the Future”
Dennis Hill– Moderator
Mike Eggl – Basin Electric
Mac McLennan – Tri-State G&T
Paul Griffin – NRECA
John McClure – NPPD
Nicole Case – MRES
Mark Glaess – Minnesota REA
David Wheelihan – Montana Electric Co-op
Shawn Taylor – Wyoming Rural Electric Assn.
4:00 – 4:10 Break
4:10 – 4:45 Business Session:
Adoption of Resolutions
Old Business
New Business
4:45 Board Reorganization
6:30 MEMBERS RECEPTION & DANCE
Thursday, December 13, 2007
8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
Speaker : Al Eisele
“A Battle Against Bias”
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